31 Jul 2019

The Panel with Guy Williams and Cindy Mitchener (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 31 July 2019

Question of the Day: Did you walk/bike to school when you were a kid? Listeners tell their tales of the daily school commute. Several busineses are under pressure because of the disruption being caused by the City Rail Link project and the roadworks attached to it. All the disruption has driven business away. Why didn't the Auckland Council or the government. Lawyer Jonathan Forsey doesn't hold out much hope for the effected businesses. How about this for an idea to stop brain drain and make young peoples' start in life a bit easier? Scrapping tax for those aged under 27. In Poland, from August, those under the age of 26 who earn less than $NZ33-thousand a year will not have to pay income tax. Tax barrister Mark Keating thinks it's a great idea. Some can justify "sampling" the goods at the supermarket. What harm is it to chow down on a handful of pick-n-mix nuts as you shop? One academic was cited as saying that putting the wrong price on the checkout could be seen by some as a sort of "revenge shoplifting". Isn't just plain stealing? 'It's a superpower': how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier